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For anyone who was playing pubs, or looking at usage rates over the last week, it will come as no surprise to see Riki, Phantom Lancer, Silencer, and Void Spirit all being hit at least a little. Riki is taking the brunt of the damage with nerfs to Smoke Screen, Blink Strike, and Cloak and Dagger.\u00a0 Other top usage heroes in ranked like Dark Seer, Alchemist, Chen, and Legion Commander also got some slight adjustments to Talents and a few moves to bring their power level down. Even Pangolier and Bristleback got decent changes, though theirs\u2019 were mostly positive despite the heroes\u2019 popularity.\u00a0 Related: Arteezy says Dota 2\u2019s new patch is throwback to what game used to be Clinkz was already a big winner from 7.33 last week with all of the positive reworks the hero received, but more buffs hit the hero in this smaller update that might pull it out of the MMR gutter, and that applies to Broodmother too.\u00a0 One of the biggest sets of Dota buffs came for Medusa, who got boosted damage for Split Shot, increased gain from Mystic Snake, and a useful update to Mana Shield that now applies it to the hero\u2019s Illusions. As for the rest of the patch, a few updates to the map apply an additional second to use the Twin Gates for cross-map travel and some changes to the Tormentors. There are also a number of adjustments for Neutral Creeps and items too, pairing with various bug fixes that have been released over the last several days. 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One of the biggest sets of Dota <\/em>buffs came for Medusa, who got boosted damage for Split Shot, increased gain from Mystic Snake, and a useful update to Mana Shield that now applies it to the hero\u2019s Illusions.<\/p>

As for the rest of the patch, a few updates to the map<\/a> apply an additional second to use the Twin Gates for cross-map travel and some changes to the Tormentors. There are also a number of adjustments for Neutral Creeps and items too, pairing with various bug fixes that have been released over the last several days.<\/p>

While the size of this patch is manageable, the fact it was released less than a week after 7.33 and while most pros competing at the Major are resting is where concerns begin. And it raises even more eyebrows when you look at some DPC Division II matches having to use the new patch right after it went live too.<\/p>

There are plenty of fans on the other side of the fence too who think this will spice up pro games even more once the Dota 2 <\/em>Major matches begin on April 26.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"